Chief near Elmina banishes woman from town for refusing to pay a fine imposed on her

A refusal on the part of a petty fishmonger in a town near Elmina to sell her fish on rational basis and to pay a fine pronounced on her has seen the chief of the town banish the woman.

A 40-year-old fishmonger, Margaret Akuvi Akoto, has incurred the wrath of Edina Traditional Council who have banished her because she refused to pay a fine imposed for not selling her fish on a rational basis.

A Daily Graphic report sighted by YEN.com.gh has it that Akoto has been asked to leave Bantuma, near Elmina, in an apparent exercise of traditional justice.

Akoto, a member of the town's fishmongers association, defied the group’s decision to sell smoked fish per an order of rationing.

In March of 2019, members of the association said they will regulate the supply of smoked fish from Bantuma to Keta and Denu markets in the Volta region to avoid glut but it was at a meeting where Akoto was not present.